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Faster than the speed of light…..
So…
The concept of the idea of faster than the speed of light isn’t new, but not really talked about much.
The idea or theory is that light is fast.
However.
Gravity is instantaneous across all distances.
I blame the new job for reawakening my sluggish brain. I apologize in advance for the rambling I might invoke.
Stupid brain…..
Bon Nuit!
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Gravity is continuous.
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From what I’ve read about recent discoveries related to gravity waves, gravity is not instantaneous.
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There’s still some debate over the use of quantum entanglement to break Einstein’s constant, particularly for communications. If you observe the state of one of a pair of entangled particles, you can predict the state of the other particle to 100% certainty. Tests seem to prove that the moment one of the pair of particles is observed (measured or in some way having its state checked) the other pair instantly reveals its state; Schrodinger’s cat, quantum weirdness, and all that. Prior to observation both particles exist as a probability cloud that only condenses to a solid state upon the first being observed. To date we can’t predict or manipulate the state the first particle will be in when observed (Biocentrism by Robert Lanza argues that consciousness is the missing piece needed for a unified theory or everything). “Yah Bob, I got an up-spin on mine, yours is a down-spin right?”, this is an exaggeration of our only means of verifying that the particles were in fact entangled and did in fact reveal their state accordingly. It’s useless for communication so don’t dump your money into quantum communications just yet.
So it seems that the instantaneous reaction between entangled pairs is faster than the speed of light, but its randomness prevents it from being useful, for now…
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Man JB, I don??t know about you but the speed of light and gravity were the furthest thing from my mind while studying to be a prestigious, ranking with the best professionals in the world, highly respected in social circles, Land Surveyor. ????
(imagine my surprise)
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When gravity gets strong enough and creates a wormhole through time/space you can go anywhere/anytime. Of course, you will be reduced to a singularity smaller than the smallest atom but at least you went there.
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For anyone who likes to think about subjects like this, I can recommend you look up youtube and/or twitter postings by Sabine Hossenfelder.
She does a video about once a week to communicate some aspect of physics, and they are not dry nor difficult to follow if you are into such topics.
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@flga-2-2
You have to understand the GRAVITY of the situation or else you will forever remain a LIGHTweight.
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My little brain is still confused as to how sink-sank-sunk is correct but think-thank-thunk is wrong.
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well, you will still have the same mass/weight, but will be verrrrryyyyy small.
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The weak force of gravity is the force that powers everything.
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Hey now, everyone knows the only thing faster than the speed of light is a bill collector.
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Gravity is just a suggestion.
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Dude, gravity is real, take a look at your scrotum. ????
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@mathteacher You have to understand GRAVITY or else you will forever remain a GNSS LIGHTweight.
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INDEED!
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@flga-2-2
I can’t help it I got to this point by starting off doing gravity so I blame the guy that hired me in geophysics it’s his fault
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All I know is in the paper, rock, scissors game of quantum mechanics, gravity distorts light and time, every time.
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The way I heard it was the only thing faster than the speed of light is Hank’s sister.
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Everything has gravity with respect to all other objects. Size and distance are the elements that combine to make it noticeable. The Sun’s gravitational pull is what keeps the solar system intact. Earth’s gravitational pull is what keeps us from floating off into the Sun. My body’s gravitational pull is responsible for the attraction of grit and grime. ???? ???? ????
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